Rosagroleasing puts telematics on 95% of its fleet

Rosagroleasing says it has brought digital monitoring to nearly all of its machinery fleet, with telematics systems installed on 95% of the company’s agricultural equipment. The company also said it has supplied farmers with more than 1,000 machines equipped with autopilot and 13 agrodrones.

The figures were shared by CEO Pavel Kosov during a plenary session in Altai Krai at the All-Russian Field Day event. According to Rosagroleasing, its MTK-RAL system collects data including equipment location, engine hours, speed, mileage, downtime, routes, and the area covered during work.

In agriculture, telematics is becoming a standard operating tool. It gives operators more than a hectare count, showing how heavily machines are actually being used. Similar systems have long been common in vehicle fleets and construction equipment for tracking fuel use and downtime, but adoption in farming has moved more slowly because of seasonality, regional variation, and harsh field conditions.

Rosagroleasing says operating the machinery itself gives the company direct feedback on unmanned and autonomous systems. That matters beyond its own fleet: Russia is actively testing agrodrones and autopilot systems, while demand for precision agriculture is being pushed by a shortage of machine operators, rising fuel costs, and efforts to reduce idle time.

The company’s machine and technology fleet includes more than 1,500 units, including tractors, combines, and loaders. The equipment is operating in Tatarstan, Bashkortostan, and the Central Federal District, where digital monitoring is easier to scale across large farms.

Recommended reading

Russia’s cloud GPU demand jumps 507% on AI workloads